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I’ve kept one chocolate in my life and he was mean as hell! I think I’d stick with the geos and festivum and just bump up my number of geos.

I think I would use the generic term “wild type” for these since you don’t have a verified collection point.

Sorry I meant zebra loach - I should use scientific names anyway. Any other recommendations that I could try? I’ve only seen dwarf chains at a LFS once and they were $25ea. I’m trying to avoid an online order if possible

I’ve had a crazy snail outbreak in both my 10 & 20gal planted tanks and I’m looking for a smaller loach to tackle the problem. LFS has serpent loaches and I like their look. Anybody had any experience with them eradicating snails? I use zig zag or yoyo loaches for larger tanks, but I’d like...

Thanks duanes. I was actually looking at the Sicce Nano, which is 530gph, and thinking that sounded like too much flow. Looks like I could probably go a little higher than that with this model and it be fine

Can someone recommend a circulation pump for a 90gal heavily planted with valisineria and crypt spiralis? I’m looking for low flow and the lowest I could find was 450gph. That sounds like to heavy for what I need. My tank has an Aquaclear 110 on one side, but I have dead zones on the other side...

I had the seal on an Aquaclear 70 go up on me last night. Luckily I noticed the drop in water level after only 1-2gallons dripped out. Has anyone tried to replace their seal or just bought new? I’d like to repair it, but I’m not confident that it will be good as new afterwards

I’ve seen YouTube videos of some Rainbowfish in Asia too with highly questionable colors - suspiciously bright. If that’s the way they look in person, I’d LOVE to know the secret. To piggyback off your water/water quality statement, substrate plays a big part as well. I always use light pool...

While not balzanii, I have had gymno labiatus for about 7 months now. I keep them in my kitchen in an unheated 4ft 75gallon. I bought a group of 10 at 1.5in and was unlucky with my ratio, ending up with 7 male & three female. I keep them with serpae tetra and paleatus cories. They’ve reached...

IMO the colors on both of those pics have been played with. The blue on Rio Nanay is more of a sheen or iridescence and is noticeable when they turn or go from differing spots of light intensity(moving through plants.) I currently have tank raised manacapuru and the red is more of a gold brown...

Honestly I'd rehome the Oscar and go all geos. All the red heads I see for sale online are juvies & they aren't particularly fast growers. I don't see any way that they don't end up being Oscar food unless you're able to get adults

Thanks a lot for the tips & encouragement! The scleromystax cats was definitely a good idea - theyve been on my radar for a while as a nice alternative to a cory, but so far the price has kept me away. The money I'll save from no heater might be well funneled back into a new kind of cat! Thanks...

As always, the info & experience is much appreciated duanes

Firemouths look great! Often overlooked b/c its common in the hobby, but a really pretty fish with great behavior, reasonable adult size & low aggression. The thorichthys family is overlooked as a whole. I just picked up a 75gal at PetSmarts Black Friday sale as a gymnogeophagus tank, but...

I appreciate the feedback. My plan sounds good from everything I've read, both on here & from online articles, but years of keeping tropical fish has lead to panic when my thermometer reads 68 haha

Just looking for some feedback or tips here. I've kept fish for well over 20 years, but never an unheated tank, so there's a lot of second guessing going on. The plan is for a 75gallon unheated tank with gymnogeo balzanii or labiatus. Other community fish would include salt & pepper cories...

I'd make sure I only fed beefheart on water change days as any leftover can foul your water quickly. Your water change schedule sounds good for juvies, you can scale it back some in a few months when your fish are adult size. Try to mix in some freeze dried foods - freeze dried blaxkworms &...

It took mine 6months to really color up & show all their iridescence.

I like that idea too. Trying the bottle trick tonight. Sounds like they'd be easier to catch with a solid cup though. We'll see

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